Cookie Policy

On this site

This site is a standard WordPress installation with Jetpack, running Cyberchimp’s Business Pro template with a number of extension installed. We at oditorium U have neither control over what cookies this installation uses, nor are we aware of details. Therefore the following statements are our best guess, but interested parties should verify the details at the relevant sources

there should not be a need for regular visitors to receive cookies, and the site should be fully functional with cookies or third party cookies disabled; IF YOU ARE WORRIED ABOUT PRIVACY, THIS IS THE OPTION YOU SHOULD CHOOSE; note that Jetpack links this installation to wordpress.com, eg to obtain usage statistics, and wordpress.com might provide cookies as well

users commenting here will usually provide details identifying them (eg name, email, website address) and returning users do not have to enter this information again, implying that commenting users do certainly receive cookies

logged-in wordpress.com users are recognised by this installation (eg they will have their personalised WordPress toolbar at the top of the screen) implying that wordpress.com users might receive local cookies, or are identified by other means,

On the platforms

Logged in users

Registered users that are logged in with their credentials receive a cookie that uniquely identifies them across all interactions on the platform. Note that different platforms (eg platform.oditorium.com and platform2.oditorium.com) have different credentials and therefore different cookies.

Please see the privacy policy that applies. The gist is that users should assume that all interaction they have with the system is logged, and that those logs might be kept indefinitely. Depending on the programme, specific privacy policies might apply: for example, oditorium would not normally share a user’s detailed questionnaire responses with other users or their employer. However, data will normally be shared on an aggregate level.

Other users

A user that accesses a publicly accessible part of the platform will receive a random cookie that uniquely identifies her. This cookie is kept indefinitely, allowing to correlate the user’s interactions over time (note that the different platforms, as defined under the previous heading, provide independent cookies).

A user concerned about her privacy might try to disable cookies, but reductions in functionality are to be expected. A user might also manually clear the cookies in her browser to disassociate her past history from her future interactions. In this case she will no longer have access to eg surveys that she has filled in. PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS DOES NOT AFFECT THE DATA KEPT IN THE ODITORIUM SYSTEM. If a user has entered information that can personally identify her into the system, then this information might be kept indefinitely. USERS WHO WANT TO REMAIN ANONYMOUS SHOULD ENSURE NOT TO ENTER ANY INFORMATION INTO THE SYSTEM THAT COULD IDENTIFY THEM.